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Owens Illinois reports a slump in champagne sales in France

Champagne sales fall flat says O-I

By Jenny EAGLE

Brewers in France curtailed production by about 16.5% according to Owens-Illinois (O-I) Q2 2013 results due to bad weather, which also affected champagne sales in the region.

International Paper reveals steady first quarter

International Paper reports “okay” quarter

By Joseph James Whitworth

Seasonal demand improvements are expected in North America and Brazil for paper and packaging but the supply chain in Industrial Packaging remains tight, according to International Paper.

Natural colours overtake synthetics as European growth leads the way

Global report on food colours

Clean label trend helps drive natural colours to overtake synthetics

By Nathan Gray

Natural colours have overtaken their synthetic counterparts for the first time ever, and the trend towards clean label products is one of the key drivers according to new data from Mintel and Leatherhead Food Research.

Enter the Pouch King…Oystar hails ‘breakthrough’ machine

DISPATCHES FROM PACK EXPO 2012, CHICAGO

Enter the Pouch King…Oystar hails ‘breakthrough’ machine

By Ben Bouckley

Mark Nease from Oystar North America shows Ben Bouckley the world’s first high-speed pouching machine that forms, fills, seals pouches of virtually any size containing free-flowing and non free-flowing dried- beverage or food powders.

Ball Corporation to close two plants by end of 2012

Declining market forces Ball site closures

By Joe Whitworth

Ball Corporation is to close two North American beverage manufacturing plants by the end of the year due to lack of demand for 12-ounce beverage cans.

Sealed Air profits slump

Sealed Air profits slump

By Joe Whitworth

Sealed Air saw Q1 operating profits plummet 29% year-on-year to US$87.5m (€66.6m) because of $48.1m spent integrating Diversey and restructuring in its business.

Yes we can, said Rexam

Thirst for beverage cans drives Rexam profit growth

By Rory Harrington

Strong performance in beverage cans, particularly specialty containers, combined with a raft of coast cutting measures fuelled a jump in 2011 underlying profits of over £50m (€59m), said Rexam.

Cadbury buys US bottler

Cadbury buys US bottler

By Ahmed ElAmin

As part of a plan to sell its drinks business, Cadbury Schweppes
today said it has acquired the Southeast-Atlantic Beverage Corp.
(Seabev), the second largest independent bottler in the US.

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